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A Major Dent in Mountains of Waste: Best Buy Offers Free Electronics Recycling in 117 Stores After Dialogue, Agreement With As You Sow.
June 2, 2008... Byline: As You Sow SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. consumers toss a staggering 400 million TVs, radios, computers, VCRs, MP3 players and other electronics every year. Beginning today, a unique free electronics take back...

Average Shoppers Are Willing to Pay a Premium for Locally Produced Food.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option...

Susan Foley, Babson Executive and Founder of Corporate Entrepreneurs, to Speak on 'Mentoring Entrepreneurs' at The Human Capital Institute Webcast.
June 4, 2008... Byline: Babson College WALTHAM, Mass., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Susan Foley, founder of Corporate Entrepreneurs (http://www.corporate-entrepreneurs.com) and Executive Director, Research Centers at Babson Executive Education...

Federal Panel to Discuss Impact of Economic Downturn On College Access June 13 at Vanderbilt University.
June 4, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The impact of the nation's current economic downturn on low- and moderate-income students is the topic of an all-day national roundtable discussion scheduled for...

Co-authors of 'Houseonomics' Available to Explain Why Owning a Home Is Still a Great Investment.
June 4, 2008... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nationally, residential property values have dropped 14.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2008 compared with 2007 (S&P/Case-Shiller). A record number of homes are in...

Green Building Pays Greenbacks, According to UC Berkeley Study.
June 5, 2008... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Everyone's talking about "going green" but the cost of the investment has, up to now, been difficult to justify. Energy savings aside, what are the...

Bentley College Receives Prestigious International EQUIS Accreditation, One of Only Two U.S. Schools to Do So; EQUIS is Leading International System of Quality Assessment, Improvement and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in Management, Business Administration.
June 6, 2008... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bentley College has become one of only two business schools in the U.S., and 113 business schools worldwide, to earn EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System)...

Rotman Wins National Magazine Award.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rotman, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, has won its first National Magazine Award. The award was announced as part of the...

Vermont Health Commissioner Sharon Moffatt to Join Staff at Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
June 11, 2008... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced today that former Vermont Commissioner of Health Sharon...

University of California, Davis Experts Available to Comment on the Economy.
June 11, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis experts are available to comment on the latest economic news: five straight months of job losses, record-high...

The Corporate Social Responsibility Debate: Do Some Benefit More Than Others? Rochester Institute of Technology Business Professors Publish Research Results in Strategic Management Journal.
June 12, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Innovation takes you up and social responsibility keeps you there," says Rochester Institute of Technology Business Professor Clyde Eirikur Hull. ...

Open Society Institute Launches Campaign to Promote Black Men and Boys' Achievement.
June 12, 2008... Byline: Open Society Institute NEW YORK, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Open Society Institute's U.S. Programs today announced a new campaign to address the exclusion of African American men and boys from the economic and political...

Outsourcing Jobs Leaves the American White-Collar Worker Behind; A Revised and Updated 'Outsourcing America' Calls for Action.
June 13, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Outsourcing might be good for American corporations, but it's not necessarily good for American workers, and it's likely to be bad for the American...

Biofuels and Bad Weather: America's Food-to-Fuel Gamble; It's Time for Congress to Revisit the Ethanol Mandate; Record Flooding and Possible Summer Drought Will Likely Send Food and Fuel Prices Even Higher.
June 17, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- With relentless rains, cold temperatures, and record floods pounding the Midwest, the nation's ill-conceived corn ethanol mandate appears headed into a perfect...

Radiation Therapy Prolongs Life in Men With Recurrent Prostate Cancer.
June 17, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Men whose tumors recur after prostate cancer surgery are three times more likely to survive their disease long term if they undergo radiotherapy within two...

Governance Practices of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Lag Behind Larger Counterparts, Says Research From University of Toronto's Rotman School.
June 18, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study says that the governance practices of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada lag five years behind their larger counterparts. The study was...

Scholarly Presses Meet to Discuss Future of Academic Publishing; 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses Gathers in Montreal.
June 19, 2008... Byline: Association of American University Presses NEW YORK, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) convenes in Montreal June 26-29, 2008. Changes brought about by an...

Pass the Popcorn: Blockbuster Sequels - Financial Boom or Bust? Researchers Investigate Box Office Impact vs. Original Movie.
June 23, 2008... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although movie sequels don't always do as well at the box office as the original, they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new study in the...

EMBA-Global Asia: London, New York, Hong Kong; First Executive MBA Spanning Three Connected Cities That Drive Global Economy.
June 23, 2008... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- EMBA-Global, the top-ranked partnership programme between Columbia Business School and London Business School, is expanding to Asia. London Business School and...

Biofuels Part of Solution for Rising Jet Fuel Prices, Professor Says.
June 23, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the price of automobile gasoline continues to rise, so does the price of jet fuel, translating into higher ticket prices for consumers, but a Purdue...

Expert: Quality of Life Creates Business Hubs; Discovery With Delivery; Research Parks of the Future.
June 23, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Quality of life issues are now central to economic development, an expert says. Expert also can discuss: - Discovery with delivery - Research parks...

Florida Consumer Confidence Index Falls to Lowest Rate in Its History.
June 24, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Higher gas and food prices, continued declines in housing prices and last month's large increase in unemployment caused Florida's consumer confidence to plummet...

Major Progress in Technology Needed for 25 Percent Renewable Energy Use to Be Affordable, RAND Study Finds.
June 24, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation WASHINGTON, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable...

House Committee Invokes Rarely Used Powers to Block Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon.
June 24, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- As Senate leaders drag their feet on reform of the nation's 136-year-old mining law, today a House committee may exercise rarely used emergency powers to protect...

Association for Computing Machinery's Flagship Magazine Launches New Editorial Scope and Format; Changes Reflect Need to Inform Today's Dynamic Computing Community.(Editorial)
June 25, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The July 2008 issue of Communications of the ACM marks the inaugural edition of ACM's flagship publication featuring an expanded editorial scope and a...

UNC Kenan-Flagler Graduates 5th Class of Innovative Global Executive MBA program.
June 25, 2008... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 25, 2008 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School graduated its fifth class of OneMBA, the global...

Rotman Professor John Hull Recognized for Contributions to the Risk Profession.
June 26, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- An internationally recognized authority on risk management and derivatives from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has been recognized for his...

Attend AACSB International's First Annual Sustainability Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 30-31.
June 26, 2008... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business today released the following...

How Good Are Commercial Corporate Governance Ratings? New Research From Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, a Joint Effort of Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business, Casts Doubt on Value of Governance Ratings.
June 30, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by Stanford law and business faculty members casts strong doubt upon the value and validity of the ratings of governance advisory firms...

Nonprofit Job Growth in Maryland Outpaces Private Sector; Nonprofit Organizations Provide Nearly 1 Out of Every 10 Jobs in the State.
June 30, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nonprofits in Maryland are growing their workforces nearly three times faster than the state's for-profit sector, according to a recent Johns Hopkins University...